Licensed Journeyman Plumber Resume Sample

Experience, education and accomplishments can make a great first impression on potential employers, but if your resume is full of mistakes, it may just make the opposite impression. To help you perfect your resume and rid it of commonly-made mistakes, our resume experts have provided their best solutions to this licensed journeyman plumber resume sample errors.

Don’t write too much in the summary section

The professional summary is a great place to sell your best assets, but make sure it isn’t too long. This area of the resume should be between four and six lines of text only, detailing the most relevant skills, traits, and experience you can bring to the job. This applicant wrote too much, so he would need to remove several sentences to make it work, making sure it all fits in one paragraph. WRONG: My work and experience in the field of plumbing spans over 9 years. In 2004, I began as an apprentice for Burlington Plumbing and Heating- a company that specializes in both commercial and residential service work, in addition to servicing and testing fire sprinkler systems. I quickly worked my way to self-sufficiency, handling jobs on my own while learning all aspects of service plumbing. In 2007, I moved to Travers Plumbing, which provided me plumbing experience in new construction, working on a Condo development in Brookline, MA along with many different tasks which are listed below. In 2009, I returned to my original employer, Burlington Plumbing and Heating, where I have continued to work through November 2013. While working in the field, I completed all necessary requirements and schooling to pursue the Mass State Journeyman Plumbing exam, which I passed in February 2013. After being awarded my Massachusetts’s Journeyman plumbing license, I am actively seeking to expand my career in the field of plumbing. RIGHT: Nine years of experience in the plumbing field, specializing in commercial and residential work. Dedicated to learning new aspects of the trade, and experienced in new construction plumbing. Motivated to be self-sufficient and focused on problem solving. Licensed as a Journeyman plumber in Massachusetts’s to provide the best service to customers.

Use only keywords and no periods in the skills section

The skills section should only contain keywords to give employers a quick glimpse into your skillset. This applicant’s entries are much too long. To fix this error, he needs to choose just a few words to represent a skill.

Use columns and bullet points in the skills section

Bullet points create obvious clarity on a resume without one word being read by an employer. This resume uses an inconsistent style of bullet points in the skills section, and the list is too long for one column. This applicant needs to create two columns and use black-dot bullet points instead. WRONG: -Knowledge in all areas of commercial/residential plumbing service. -Install and repair all types of faucets, toilets, and shower valves. -Service,repair,and install water heaters commercial and residential. -Install residential/commercial appliances-stoves, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers. -Service and install all types and different models of pumps. -Install, repair, and test all types of back flow preventer’s. -Knowledge in servicing and repairing conventional heating systems. -Retrofitted conventional heating systems into high efficiency systems. -Some experience in new construction. -Knowledge of fire sprinkler systems both commercial and residential. -Servicing, repairing, and testing fire sprinkler systems. -Experience with Victaulic piping and grooving for steel and copper piping. RIGHT:

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